A/N: This one's a little more adult than the others, which is why I changed the rating to T. Goes with this pic: http:/avatard000 dot deviantart dot com/#/d2q75yf (replace "dot"s with ".")

"'Morning Ari."

Ari's eyelids began to open. Once they were far enough apart she saw a young man standing at her doorway. This wasn't the same teenage boy Ari had met just a couple years ago at the beginning of their journey. Katsu was definitely a young man now, as Ari often observed. Most of his shirts were getting too small, not that Ari ever pointed that out to him. She was just fine with seeing his now well developed muscles show through his shirt.

"Hey Katsu," Ari replied sleepily as she began to get out of bed.

"You ready?"

"Ready for what?"

"Our picnic!"

"Oh right! Sorry, still a little groggy," Ari said sheepily. On her feet now, she made her way over to Katsu and leaned up to kiss him lightly on the lips. They'd been going out for over a year now and were comfortable with each other. "Let me change and I'll meet you downstairs."

Once Katsu left the room Ari opened her window to check how cold it was out. Their house in the Earth Kingdom was pretty far south, and even though it was summer it could still get a little chilly. Her test confirmed this, and she changed into an outfit that had long pants, but still had short sleeves as she didn't want to cover up too much for her outing with Katsu.

She went downstairs and saw Katsu in the same shirt and pants combination he had on when he woke her up. It wasn't the most formal thing in the world, but Ari had no problem with the shirt fully exposing his arms. Ari saw a picnic basket in Katsu's hand.

"Ready to go?"

"Yup!" Ari said as she walked over to Katsu and took his hand. They made their way out the door and began walking to a hill near their house. She looked over at Katsu and saw him looking at her, dazed.

"Sorry," Katsu said looking down and blushing, "You just look really nice today."

"Thanks," she said as she leaned up to kiss him on the cheek. "And don't be embarrassed to look at me. I certainly do it all the time with you," Ari said as she giggled slightly. Katsu's smile grew wider and he moved his hand to around her waist to pull her closer.

They arrived at the hill and Katsu put down the basket. "Crap!" he said after a couple moments, "I forgot the blanket!"

"It's ok sweetie," Ari said, "I don't mind sitting on the ground." A look of relief came over Katsu's face and he helped her down.

"Why are you so antsy today?" Ari asked as she moved into a comfortable position beside Katsu.

"I dunno.. I guess with us living together now and things getting more serious... I just really don't want to screw this up. I really like you Ari... I love you."

"Oh Katsu, I love you too." Ari said as she leaned in to kiss him. After a few moments Katsu pulled away, but Ari didn't want to leave the embrace. She wrapped one of her legs around his and leaned in again, this time with more passion. She put her left arm up onto Katsu's neck and deepened the kiss. Ari had never experienced a better feeling in her life and she wanted more. Without thinking, she opened her lips and moved her tongue into Katsu's mouth. Katsu seemed surprised at first, but he soon settled into the deeper embrace moved his tongue against Ari's. The two stayed like this for what seemed like hours but was in fact minutes before they reluctantly broke away. They tried to catch their breath, breathing heavily looking at each other dazed for a her moments.

"Wanna get back to the house?" Katsu asked eagerly.

"Screw breakfast," Ari said as she got up and made her way with Katsu back to their house.